Wednesday, June 19, 2013

'An Industry of Mediocrity': Study Criticizes Teacher-Education Programs (Chronicle of Higher Education)
     Colleges of education are "an industry of mediocrity" that churns out unprepared teachers to work in the nation's elementary and secondary schools, according to a highly anticipated report. . .Another reason for the findings, said [Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality and one of the report's authors], is that colleges of education admit too many applicants who perform poorly as undergraduates. About 25 percent of the programs admit students in only the top half of their class. High-performing countries limit entry to the top third, the study found….
DtB asks: WHY DOES (IVC's) BSTIC north outside STAIRWELL ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS?

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The inside stairwell doesn't look much cleaner either most days. :(

Anonymous said...

If you don't put a work order in and then follow up with another work order it will always look like that. The question is why do we have to submit work orders for what should be routine janitorial sweeping.

Anonymous said...

I teach in A-200, A-300 and B-100. It is common to find hair balls - human balls balls in the corners and stuck to the legs of chairs. Even at the beginning of summer, hair from the spring was there. I, uh, recognized it. Must one file a work order for routine cleaning?

Anonymous said...

Agreed that it sucks we have to put in work orders for routine cleaning, and when we do we sometimes get reprimented. I had Facilities staff get mad at being asked to clean something, they saying it will already be done on a regular basis, and yet it obviously isn't done which is why I put in the dang order.

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